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Pakistan's attack on suspected militants in semiautonomous tribal district of Bajur spurs dissent at high levels of government. Philippines recruits for 'force multiplying' local civilian militias to fight against terrorist and communist insurrection. In Iraq, the trial and likely execution of former Iraqi President Hussein raise troubling human rights questions, as occupying coalition forces continue to disregard 'women's human rights'. The most vulnerable in U.N. Darfur refugee camps still receive the least actual protection. Four opposition candidates for Tajikistan's November 6 presidential vote overcome electoral disadvantages by campaigning together.